Ankündigung: GeoInno 2024

Special Session:

Dr. Sebastian Losacker will organize the session 'Innovation in the Bioeconomy and Regional Sustainability Transitions: Promises, Pitfalls and Contradictions' in collaboration with Prof. Teis Hansen (University of Copenhagen) and Prof. Daniel Schiller (University of Greifswald).

The session will explore the geography of innovationin the bioeconomy, its effects on regional development, and its implications for regional sustainability transitions.In pursuing this, we pay specific attention to not only the production side of bio-innovations, but also the consumption side, as well as the link between these. The session also aims to take a critical stance on the sustainability effectsof the bioeconomy. Among other things, this requires unpacking how sustainability effects may vary depending on the characteristics of the products –from products that are used more or less immediately (e.g. fuels) to products with lifespans of decades or even centuries (e.g. construction materials).